Thank you for your hint! Looks like it worked with needrestart for `sudo systemd-run apt-get reinstall -y libc6`.
First I thought it didn't work, because `needrestart -r l` listed: --- root@vps:~# needrestart -r l Scanning processes... Scanning candidates... Scanning linux images... Running kernel seems to be up-to-date. Services to be restarted: systemctl restart ssh.service Service restarts being deferred: /etc/needrestart/restart.d/dbus.service systemctl restart getty@tty1.service systemctl restart systemd-logind.service systemctl restart unattended-upgrades.service systemctl restart user@1000.service No containers need to be restarted. No user sessions are running outdated binaries. No VM guests are running outdated hypervisor (qemu) binaries on this host. --- But ... after about a or two minute, it changed to: --- root@vps:~# needrestart -r l Scanning processes... Scanning candidates... Scanning linux images... Running kernel seems to be up-to-date. Services to be restarted: Service restarts being deferred: /etc/needrestart/restart.d/dbus.service systemctl restart getty@tty1.service systemctl restart systemd-logind.service systemctl restart unattended-upgrades.service systemctl restart user@1000.service No containers need to be restarted. No user sessions are running outdated binaries. No VM guests are running outdated hypervisor (qemu) binaries on this host. --- For the sake of completeness, the `journalctl --unit run-r16104e267a224d369bcd2911302deff2.service`: --- Jun 12 14:04:56 vps.acme.local systemd[1]: Started /usr/bin/apt-get reinstall -y libc6. Jun 12 14:04:57 vps.acme.local apt-get[636754]: Reading package lists... Jun 12 14:04:57 vps.acme.local apt-get[636754]: Building dependency tree... Jun 12 14:04:57 vps.acme.local apt-get[636754]: Reading state information... Jun 12 14:04:58 vps.acme.local apt-get[636754]: 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded. Jun 12 14:04:58 vps.acme.local apt-get[636754]: Need to get 3,235 kB of archives. Jun 12 14:04:58 vps.acme.local apt-get[636754]: After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used. Jun 12 14:04:58 vps.acme.local apt-get[636754]: Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/main amd64 libc6 amd64 2.35-0ubuntu3.8 [3,235 kB] Jun 12 14:04:59 vps.acme.local apt-get[636760]: debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Dialog Jun 12 14:04:59 vps.acme.local apt-get[636760]: debconf: (TERM is not set, so the dialog frontend is not usable.) Jun 12 14:04:59 vps.acme.local apt-get[636760]: debconf: falling back to frontend: Readline Jun 12 14:04:59 vps.acme.local apt-get[636760]: debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Readline Jun 12 14:04:59 vps.acme.local apt-get[636760]: debconf: (This frontend requires a controlling tty.) Jun 12 14:04:59 vps.acme.local apt-get[636760]: debconf: falling back to frontend: Teletype Jun 12 14:04:59 vps.acme.local apt-get[636760]: dpkg-preconfigure: unable to re-open stdin: Jun 12 14:04:59 vps.acme.local apt-get[636754]: Fetched 3,235 kB in 1s (3,514 kB/s) Jun 12 14:04:59 vps.acme.local apt-get[636754]: [615B blob data] Jun 12 14:04:59 vps.acme.local apt-get[636754]: Preparing to unpack .../libc6_2.35-0ubuntu3.8_amd64.deb ... Jun 12 14:04:59 vps.acme.local apt-get[636754]: debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Dialog Jun 12 14:04:59 vps.acme.local apt-get[636754]: debconf: (TERM is not set, so the dialog frontend is not usable.) Jun 12 14:04:59 vps.acme.local apt-get[636754]: debconf: falling back to frontend: Readline Jun 12 14:04:59 vps.acme.local apt-get[636754]: Unpacking libc6:amd64 (2.35-0ubuntu3.8) over (2.35-0ubuntu3.8) ... Jun 12 14:04:59 vps.acme.local apt-get[636754]: Setting up libc6:amd64 (2.35-0ubuntu3.8) ... Jun 12 14:05:00 vps.acme.local apt-get[636754]: debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Dialog Jun 12 14:05:00 vps.acme.local apt-get[636754]: debconf: (TERM is not set, so the dialog frontend is not usable.) Jun 12 14:05:00 vps.acme.local apt-get[636754]: debconf: falling back to frontend: Readline Jun 12 14:05:00 vps.acme.local apt-get[636754]: Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.35-0ubuntu3.8) ... Jun 12 14:05:03 vps.acme.local apt-get[636971]: Running kernel seems to be up-to-date. Jun 12 14:05:03 vps.acme.local apt-get[636971]: Restarting services... Jun 12 14:05:03 vps.acme.local apt-get[636971]: systemctl restart accounts-daemon.service apache2.service cron.service elasticsearch.service fail2ban.service i> Jun 12 14:05:33 vps.acme.local apt-get[636971]: Service restarts being deferred: Jun 12 14:05:33 vps.acme.local apt-get[636971]: systemctl restart ModemManager.service Jun 12 14:05:33 vps.acme.local apt-get[636971]: /etc/needrestart/restart.d/dbus.service Jun 12 14:05:33 vps.acme.local apt-get[636971]: systemctl restart getty@tty1.service Jun 12 14:05:33 vps.acme.local apt-get[636971]: systemctl restart systemd-logind.service Jun 12 14:05:33 vps.acme.local apt-get[636971]: systemctl restart unattended-upgrades.service Jun 12 14:05:33 vps.acme.local apt-get[636971]: systemctl restart user@1000.service Jun 12 14:05:33 vps.acme.local apt-get[636971]: No containers need to be restarted. Jun 12 14:05:33 vps.acme.local apt-get[636971]: No user sessions are running outdated binaries. Jun 12 14:05:33 vps.acme.local apt-get[636971]: No VM guests are running outdated hypervisor (qemu) binaries on this host. Jun 12 14:05:35 vps.acme.local systemd[1]: run-r16104e267a224d369bcd2911302deff2.service: Deactivated successfully. Jun 12 14:05:35 vps.acme.local systemd[1]: run-r16104e267a224d369bcd2911302deff2.service: Consumed 6.537s CPU time. --- When the next auto update is triggered, I will give you again a feedback. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2004203 Title: With needrestart, apt-get does not respect non-interactive instruction when upgrading services To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/needrestart/+bug/2004203/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs